Loughridge, Martha A. (Martha Ann), 1843-1920

Martha Ann Freeman Roe was born in Orange County, Ohio, on 3 July 1843. She moved with her family to Iowa where she attended Grinnell University in the early 1860s. She married Isaac Roe on 16 Apr. 1864, and the couple joined an immigrant train the next month bound for the gold fields of Montana. Isaac became a banker and died in 1873. Martha remarried in 1880 to Thomas Loughridge and had four children, eventually settling in Bozeman, Mont., where she died on 11 May 1920.

From the description of Martha Roe diary, 1864 May 4-Sept. 8. (Montana State University Bozeman Library). WorldCat record id: 70972912

Martha Ann Freeman Roe was born in Orange County, Ohio on July 3, 1843. She moved with her family to Iowa where she attended Grinnell University in the early 1860s. She married Isaac Roe on April 16, 1864, and the couple joined an immigrant train the next month bound for the gold fields of Montana. Issac became a banker and died in 1873. Martha remarried in 1880 to Thomas Loughridge and had four children, eventually settling in Bozeman, Montana where she died on May 11, 1920.

From the guide to the Martha Roe Diary, 1864 May 4-1864 September 8, (Montana State University-Bozeman Library, Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections)